Download or read book Tierck Clafsen DeWitt and Descendants of His Son Luycas DeWitt written by Vona (DeWitt) Smith and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The DeWitt genealogy is a fascinating study of 26 generations of the family from 1293 to the present. This work is the collaboration of descendants of the three children of Leucas, ninth child of Tierck Clafsen DeWitt. American Ambassador Lester DeWitt Ballor of UEL descent obtained a copy from The Royal Library of the Hague of Beschayving DerStad Dordrecht by Mattys Balen, Jans Zoon published in 1677. This information provided the first thirteen generations in Holland. He also received a 32-page copy of a lawsuit in 1684 by Jan DeWitt on behalf of his brother Tierck for rent owned by Pieter Janz, their sister Faelde's husband. The property was land inherited by Tierck from his father Nicholaas. It provided information on her mother Taetje Cornelisz, her father, brothers and their shipyard.

Download or read book Roland Barthes written by Jonathan D. Culler and published by New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining biographical material with an overview of Barthes's work, this is a clear and concise guide to his life and writings.

Download or read book Clifford Geertz by His Colleagues written by Richard A. Shweder and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2005-03-15 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clifford Geertz is the most influential American anthropologist of the past four decades. His writings have defined and given character to the intellectual agenda of a meaning-centered, nonreductive interpretive social science and have provoked much excitement and debate about the nature of human understanding. As part of the American Anthropological Association's centennial celebration, the executive board sponsored a presidential session honoring Geertz. Clifford Geertz by His Colleagues compiles the twelve speeches given then by a distinguished panel of social scientists along with a concluding piece by Geertz in which he responds to each speaker and reflects on his own career. These edited speeches cover a broad range of topics, including Geertz's views on morality, cultural critique, interpretivism, time and change, Islam, and violence. A fitting tribute to one of the great thinkers of our age, this collection will be enjoyed by anthropologists as well as students of psychology, history, and philosophy.

Download or read book Jan Tschichold Typographer written by Ruari McLean and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 1975 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A well-illustrated and detailed examination of this European typographer's work.

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Download or read book Finding the Walls of Troy written by Susan Heuck Allen and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relentlessly self-promoting amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann took full credit for discovering Homer's Troy over one hundred years ago, and since then generations have thrilled to the tale of his ambitions and achievements. But Schliemann gained this status as an archaeological hero partly by deliberately eclipsing the man who had launched his career. Now, at long last, Susan Heuck Allen puts the record straight in this fascinating archaeological adventure that restores the British expatriate Frank Calvert to his rightful place in the story of the identification and excavation of Hisarlík, the site now thought to be Troy as described in the Iliad. Frank Calvert had lived in the Troad—in the northwest corner of Asia Minor—excavating there for fifteen years before Schliemann arrived and learning the local topography well. He was the first archaeologist to test the hypothesis that Hisarlík was the Troy of Hector and Helen. So that he would have unrestricted access to the site, he purchased part of the mound and was the first archaeologist to conduct excavations there. Running out of funds, he later interested Schliemann in the site. The thankless Schliemann stole Calvert's ideas, exploited his knowledge and advice, and finally stole Calvert's glory, in part by slandering him and denigrating his work. Allen corrects the record and does justice to a man who was a victim of his own integrity while giving a balanced treatment of Schliemann's true accomplishments. This meticulously researched book tells the story of Frank Calvert's development as an archaeologist, his adventures and discoveries. It focuses on the twists and turns of his turbulent relationship with the perfidious Schliemann, the resulting gains for archaeology, and the successful conclusion of their common quest. Allen has brought together a wide range of relevant published material as well as unpublished sources from archives, diaries, letters, and personal interviews to tell this gripping story.

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Download or read book The Nebuchadnezzar II Tablets written by and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-04 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE KING OF BABYLON, POSSESSED IN A FOREST- In 631 BC, Ashurbanipal, the ancient king of Assyria and thereby king of the ancient world, died. - Ashurbanipal's kingdom fell to warring factions shortly after his death. - The town with the very first library in history, Nineveh, was sacked in 612 BC and razed to the ground. King Cyaxares of the Medes did most of the sacking while waiting for his ally, King Nabopolassar, the Chaldean King of Babylon, to assist in warfare. When King Nabopolassar and his armies arrived on the battlefield, the recently murdered King Sinsharishkun's palace was smoldering in the center of the burning city of Nineveh. Right then and there, King Cyaxares and King Nabopolassar pledged their loyalty to each other. They sealed this treaty by pledging their children in marriage. Nebuchadnezzar II, the son of Nabopolassar then married Amytis, Cyaxares' illegitimate daughter. The end of the battle with Assyria and the beginning of the marriage of Nebuchadnezzar and Amytis is the era where these translated tablets take place. What the Tablets have to say about King Nebuchadnezzar II and his bout with madness not only coincides with the Biblical tale, but adds insight, for King Nebuchadnezzar II was a devout servant of the god MARDUK.What is contained in these pages is not only horrifying, but groundbreaking. There are details in this book that shine a new, secular light on many stories we have heard before from a Biblical perspective.The translation duties required of me to make this book available to you have taxed me in ways that I didn't know were possible.Humbly Yours, Father Umberto Cliff, April/2020 - Edinburg

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